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Named for its builder, "Captain" William Banning, it impounds Eleanor Creek to form the recreational '''Lake Eleanor''' (not to be confused with [[Lake Eleanor]] in [[Tuolumne County, California]], also a reservoir).
Although not a major dam, Banning Dam is among the oldest still standing in the state. Nearby [[Sherwood Dam]] dates from 1904. It is less than {{convert|1|mi|km}} east of [[Lake Sherwood, California|Lake Sherwood]].<ref name="google_201106">{{cite web | url=http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.135278,-118.851667&spn=0.01,0.01&t=h&q=34.135278,-118.851667 | title=Decker Canyon Road | publisher=Google | work=Google Maps | accessdate=June 23, 2011}}</ref> The structure is located within the Lake Eleanor Open Space. At 37 feet high, and 140 feet long at its crest, the dam is privately owned by the local Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id%3DCA00737 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-09-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082814/http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=CA00737 |archivedate=2016-03-05 |df= }}</ref>
==See also==
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